'Prepare for new COVID-19 variants': Joe Biden tells pandemic-weary Americans
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'Prepare for new COVID-19 variants': Joe Biden tells pandemic-weary Americans

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In his first State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Biden said thanks to the progress the country has made last year, COVID-19 need no longer controls the lives of the Americans. President Joe Biden has urged Americans to prepare themselves for new coronavirus variants as he launched a new initiative aimed at helping COVID-19-infected people to get tested at a nearby pharmacy and receive free antiviral pills on the spot. He said the US is launching Test to Treat initiative so that people can get tested at a pharmacy, and if they’re positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot at no cost. To that end, President Biden announced the launch of a nationwide Test to Treat Initiative’ to minimise the time between a positive test result and receiving effective COVID-19 treatment, including antiviral pills and monoclonal antibodies.

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